Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
På Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:39:20 +0200, skrev Ruth Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED]: These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? I've added a 'disproven birth' event, in which I put the dates which I know is false, and source it with the correct source. In that way I have a research record. I must add that I don't print out events in reports, but use them as basis for the Notes section where I put everything I want to print out. I will have to type most of the info twice, but I get the wording I want, and the option to exclude what I want. Regards, André Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
That sounds like a great idea! I love the versatility of this software! Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Reitan Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 3:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help På Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:39:20 +0200, skrev Ruth Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED]: These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? I've added a 'disproven birth' event, in which I put the dates which I know is false, and source it with the correct source. In that way I have a research record. I must add that I don't print out events in reports, but use them as basis for the Notes section where I put everything I want to print out. I will have to type most of the info twice, but I get the wording I want, and the option to exclude what I want. Regards, André Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
Mitch, That's a good point re the surety level. I do do that, but forgot to mention it. Dermot. On 21/06/07, Mitch Mackrory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kim et al, Then when you cite this source include the Surety Level. In your case since you aer not sure, I'd give it a zero or a 1. Zero means you have not yet decided and a one means you have marginal evidence. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
On 6/22/07, André Reitan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: På Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:39:20 +0200, skrev Ruth Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED]: These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? In my experience there are often many conflicting birth dates and sometimes no real way to know the correct one. Just because your cousin has a date that conflicts with other dates doesn't mean that she did her research poorly. Sara Binkley Tarpley Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
- Original Message - From: Sara Binkley Tarpley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help On 6/22/07, André Reitan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: På Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:39:20 +0200, skrev Ruth Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED]: These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? In my experience there are often many conflicting birth dates and sometimes no real way to know the correct one. Just because your cousin has a date that conflicts with other dates doesn't mean that she did her research poorly. Sara Binkley Tarpley And even if it WAS done poorly, how many other family members will have enough genealogical research savvy to pick up on that, rather than just assume she hadn't discovered the more accurate information *yet*? Certainly I have changed dates and places in my database as more information became available. Genealogy is always a work in progress. Gary Templeman Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
I just wonder why you would delete the source referencing the person who gave you the information. Why not just add the additional source where you found the same information - to my mind that would do two things - still acknowledge the person who gave you the info in the first place, at the same time giving added strength to the validity of the information because it would show that two sources say the same thing. Cheers, Jan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 2:15:AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help I agree with all that Dermot says. I do the same thing, too. And then when I find the information for myself, I deleted the source as the person that gave me the information and enter the source where I found the information; i.e., census records, Social Security Death Index, Family History Center microfilms, etc. At least I have a starting point with people and dates with the information that's been given me. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20.06.2007 2:18:PM Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
It's fine to acknowledge the person that originally gave me the information; however, sometimes she gives me month and year or just year of death and then when I look at the SSDI I find the full date. So if I leave the source citing my cousin's information and also the SSDI source, won't that appear that the full date was given to me by my cousin when in fact she only gave me a partial date? That's why I delete her as a source and use the source where I got complete information. Same goes for incorrect information from my cousin. Since she gave me no source for where she got the death date and SSDI has a different date which I believe to be the correct one, to keep her as a source for the SSDI date would be inconsistent with the information she gave me. Lots of angles here. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
In that case I would enter the correct date in the Individual screen, and make a note that *my cousin* had originally provided such and such as the birth date. That date would no longer need a source, because it wouldn't exist in my database any more - but I would still want to remember that there had been an alternative date provided by whoever. In regards to the partial versus full date, I would show in Detail Text that *my cousin* provided 1876 as the birth year, and in Detail Text for the full date source I would show 1/3/1876. That way it would be obvious which part of the date each source is referenced to. Cheers, Jan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 10:25:PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help It's fine to acknowledge the person that originally gave me the information; however, sometimes she gives me month and year or just year of death and then when I look at the SSDI I find the full date. So if I leave the source citing my cousin's information and also the SSDI source, won't that appear that the full date was given to me by my cousin when in fact she only gave me a partial date? That's why I delete her as a source and use the source where I got complete information. Same goes for incorrect information from my cousin. Since she gave me no source for where she got the death date and SSDI has a different date which I believe to be the correct one, to keep her as a source for the SSDI date would be inconsistent with the information she gave me. Lots of angles here. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20.06.2007 2:18:PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20.06.2007 2:18:PM Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
I hope this thread continues as many questions are being answered concerning information being passed on from others. I recently purchased a book by a distant cousin it covers over 7000 individuals that may have descended from the original member in Virginia Colony in 1690. I am trying to enter all these in a separate file. I have found mistakes and by creating a separate file, I think it will be easier to use the file to correct, delete, and add to; than entering them in my personal file. About the only documentation he has included is references to some census records. I may be able to get more records from him but I hate to start questioning what he has written. He has been working on this for twenty years and does say he has many records. But I love searching so I am working on my own at this point. Thank you all for the suggestions and help. Marilyn On 6/21/07, Ruth Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's fine to acknowledge the person that originally gave me the information; however, sometimes she gives me month and year or just year of death and then when I look at the SSDI I find the full date. So if I leave the source citing my cousin's information and also the SSDI source, won't that appear that the full date was given to me by my cousin when in fact she only gave me a partial date? That's why I delete her as a source and use the source where I got complete information. Same goes for incorrect information from my cousin. Since she gave me no source for where she got the death date and SSDI has a different date which I believe to be the correct one, to keep her as a source for the SSDI date would be inconsistent with the information she gave me. Lots of angles here. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. ~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719) Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
Once you find the correct date, you can move the original date received from your cousin to the Alt. Birth/Alt. Death event and retain your cousin as the source for that event. This maintains the history of your research. Also, if you already have a Legacy database where this family would be entered, my suggestion would be to enter it into a separate database and as you evaluate each person, move them into your database. Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Roberts Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help In that case I would enter the correct date in the Individual screen, and make a note that *my cousin* had originally provided such and such as the birth date. That date would no longer need a source, because it wouldn't exist in my database any more - but I would still want to remember that there had been an alternative date provided by whoever. In regards to the partial versus full date, I would show in Detail Text that *my cousin* provided 1876 as the birth year, and in Detail Text for the full date source I would show 1/3/1876. That way it would be obvious which part of the date each source is referenced to. Cheers, Jan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 10:25:PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help It's fine to acknowledge the person that originally gave me the information; however, sometimes she gives me month and year or just year of death and then when I look at the SSDI I find the full date. So if I leave the source citing my cousin's information and also the SSDI source, won't that appear that the full date was given to me by my cousin when in fact she only gave me a partial date? That's why I delete her as a source and use the source where I got complete information. Same goes for incorrect information from my cousin. Since she gave me no source for where she got the death date and SSDI has a different date which I believe to be the correct one, to keep her as a source for the SSDI date would be inconsistent with the information she gave me. Lots of angles here. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20.06.2007 2:18:PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20.06.2007 2:18:PM Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? What works for me is dates I've researched, sourced by wherever I got that date. For my family reading their family story, why would they want to read dates and alternate dates, not knowing because they aren't genealogists as we are that the alternative date is, IMHO, incorrect, thanks to my cousin. I guess there is no correct or incorrect way. Ruth - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Once you find the correct date, you can move the original date received from your cousin to the Alt. Birth/Alt. Death event and retain your cousin as the source for that event. This maintains the history of your research. Also, if you already have a Legacy database where this family would be entered, my suggestion would be to enter it into a separate database and as you evaluate each person, move them into your database. Mary Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
First, the most important thing is to source all the data with the most accurate source that can be found. Second, it's your database, so source it the way that seems most logical to you. It is NOT necessary to track the method that was used to find a given source, if you don't feel comfortable with it. Last, the experts may be more knowlegeable about a given subject, but that doesn't mean they are correct. FL Rose - Original Message - From: Ruth Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? What works for me is dates I've researched, sourced by wherever I got that date. For my family reading their family story, why would they want to read dates and alternate dates, not knowing because they aren't genealogists as we are that the alternative date is, IMHO, incorrect, thanks to my cousin. I guess there is no correct or incorrect way. Ruth - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Once you find the correct date, you can move the original date received from your cousin to the Alt. Birth/Alt. Death event and retain your cousin as the source for that event. This maintains the history of your research. Also, if you already have a Legacy database where this family would be entered, my suggestion would be to enter it into a separate database and as you evaluate each person, move them into your database. Mary Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
One more two cents on this topic: I have found that fairly often I get conflicting information - birthdates that are one day or one year apart, spelling of names that are close but don't match exactly, etc - and can't call one any more authoritative than the other, such as two family trees done by different members of the family. When I first started doing this, I wasn't careful to source everything, and then later I would be wondering, Where did I get that? So I now record every source from which I get a piece of information, and in the Detail I put the information exactly as it came from that source. When I get an authoritative source, such as the person's own signature in the case of not knowing exactly how to spell the name, I also record that, and put the corrected data in the Detail. But I leave the old sources listed with the information as it came from them, because I have found it helpful later on to have an audit trail of how I got to where I am now. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
That's the beauty of Legacy. There is no right or wrong way. It is every user's personal choice how to do things. I can understand your feelings that you wouldn't want your family to read their story that includes alternate dates. I believe that the alternate date events can be flagged just like any other event as a private event. This would prevent them from appearing on reports, narratives, web pages, etc. I have flagged Social Security Number event that way so that someone's SSN is not displayed. Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:39 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? What works for me is dates I've researched, sourced by wherever I got that date. For my family reading their family story, why would they want to read dates and alternate dates, not knowing because they aren't genealogists as we are that the alternative date is, IMHO, incorrect, thanks to my cousin. I guess there is no correct or incorrect way. Ruth - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Once you find the correct date, you can move the original date received from your cousin to the Alt. Birth/Alt. Death event and retain your cousin as the source for that event. This maintains the history of your research. Also, if you already have a Legacy database where this family would be entered, my suggestion would be to enter it into a separate database and as you evaluate each person, move them into your database. Mary Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
Everyone: There have been a lot of really good suggestions on how to handle inaccurate data and how to source it. As a professional genealogist (I research for others for a fee), this is how I handle the situation. I always keep the all of the data and the source it came from. However, when better information is discovered, I replace the inaccurate information with the accurate information. In my notes I write up a proof summary which entails comparing the old information with the new and pretty much building a case for why the new information is more likely to be accurate than the old. For example; right now I am working for a client and her ancestor's date and place of birth is part of the scope of research. I have several documents that offer conflicting places of birth, however they all list her birth date as the same. For now I accept the date of birth as correct, but I am more inclined to accept the place of birth on a document that shows her birthplace in the same county and state as her siblings, and not what was recorded on the death certificate. When more information about her birth is obtained, I may change what I believe to be most accurate. By keeping these proofs, I can follow my reasoning and make adjustments when necessary. Linda Altman http://www.southerngenealogy.com Southern Genealogy uses Legacy Family Tree! This highly acclaimed genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=6BL9QCi Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Ruth and all; The SSDI is not an accurate source for birth dates. They get this information from the funeral home / death certificate. If you want a more complete record for a person than what the SSDI includes, write in for the person's SS-5 form from the Social Security Administration. Don't both with the numident record, it only contains the same data as the SSDI, get the full copy of the SS-5 form. The fee is $27.00, but this is the form that the person filled out in order to get a Social Security Card. Many were filled out in the late 1930's and it is a wonderful source for addresses, employers, birth dates, places of birth, and parent's names (although maiden names tend to contain errors). The SS-5 will not contain any death information as it was created while the person was alive. Linda Altman http://www.southerngenealogy.com Southern Genealogy uses Legacy Family Tree! This highly acclaimed genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=6BL9QCi Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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If you suspect this person will 1, look in your computer and 2. notice the changes, then 3. get hurt feelings, You might make all of your correct info as private until such time as you can bridge the descrepancies. Rich in LA CA --- M. Brenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the beauty of Legacy. There is no right or wrong way. It is every user's personal choice how to do things. I can understand your feelings that you wouldn't want your family to read their story that includes alternate dates. I believe that the alternate date events can be flagged just like any other event as a private event. This would prevent them from appearing on reports, narratives, web pages, etc. I have flagged Social Security Number event that way so that someone's SSN is not displayed. Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:39 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help These are all good suggestions, but for me they mean a lot of dates, many of them incorrect, and wouldn't sourcing my cousin for an incorrect date point out how poorly she did her research? What works for me is dates I've researched, sourced by wherever I got that date. For my family reading their family story, why would they want to read dates and alternate dates, not knowing because they aren't genealogists as we are that the alternative date is, IMHO, incorrect, thanks to my cousin. I guess there is no correct or incorrect way. Ruth - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Once you find the correct date, you can move the original date received from your cousin to the Alt. Birth/Alt. Death event and retain your cousin as the source for that event. This maintains the history of your research. Also, if you already have a Legacy database where this family would be entered, my suggestion would be to enter it into a separate database and as you evaluate each person, move them into your database. Mary Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Hi Kim, What I would do in your situation is sit down and type in the details from your cousin's data that you want to record in your database. That might end up being all 370 people that he's recorded - that's fine, and totally your choice. As you enter the data, record your source as your cousin's data so when you look at it in five year's time you'll not have to remember how you found out about that little piece of information. You can set up the Source Clipboard so that you can copy the same source to each data item as you go with one click - read the Help on this and ask any questions here so we can clarify if necessary (I'm trying to keep this simple! :-) Make sure you attach the source for each *item* for each *person* as you go - ie, the name, their birth, their christening/baptism, their death are all individual items that need to be sourced when you enter data in those fields. If your cousin has recorded his sources, you can add those as well if you like - or you can just leave your source as your cousin so you know to refer back to the information he's given you if want to. You do not need legal certificates to enter data into Legacy. You can even enter family rumours and legends! The sources you enter will identify where your information came from, and therefore how reliable it might be. If you have certificates, enter the data from them and against those items include the source information that leads you to that certificate. There is more than one way to do this, so you'll probably experiment a little before settling on your preferred method. I started out adding a Master Source for each individual certificate, but now I have a Master Source for each type (eg, English birth, New Zealand birth, Scottish death, and so on) and enter the information that identifies which particular certificate/registration in the detail field. How generous of your cousin to hand over his data like that! It's a great start to your own research, and especially for a name like JONES. :-) It has taken me about two years to pass the 1,000 individuals mark in my Legacy database, and a lot of that has been garnered from distant cousins - and a fair amount is simply the lines between me and those cousins so I can see how we're related. Keep asking questions here about recording your data in Legacy, and we'll be here to help you find the answers. I'm not the most knowledgeable person on this list and there are many others who have great abilities to explain the intricacies and to work out solutions to particular problems, so there is someone here to help you with pretty much anything you can throw at us about Legacy. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/ - Original Message - *From:* Kim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com *Sent:* 06/17/2007 3:39:52 PM +1200 *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Hello to All, OK here I go I hope I dont sound stupid...The question is this my 1st Cousin has been doing our Jones/Martin side of the family for many, many years which I just found out. He was very kind in sending me the hand written tree. He, from what I can gather has not used any sort of program except maybe Excel, but dont quote me. I never ever knew there were so many of us, but in saying that what do I do now? Do I enter them all as is written or do I research each and every one individually/family. He has only sent me some facts like date of birth, marrige date, date of death if they had children or not, basic facts with a few pictures 5 in all but 370 people all up.and all of them are apparantly related to me. Do I need marrage certificates and death and so on to put them in Legacy? or can I just add the whole lot as is? Because I'm very new to Legacy and the whole genealogy thing I'm I bit worried that I will do all that adding and then really should not have done and have to undo all that work. So can someone please help? Thanks Kim Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Kim Jones wrote He, from what I can gather has not used any sort of program except maybe Excel, but dont quote me. I never ever knew there were so many of us, but in saying that what do I do now? Do I enter them all as is written or do I research each and every one individually/family. He has only sent me some facts like date of birth, marrige date, date of death if they had children or not, basic facts with a few pictures 5 in all but 370 people all up.and all of them are apparantly related to me. Do I need marrage certificates and death and so on to put them in Legacy? or can I just add the whole lot as is? Because I'm very new to Legacy and the whole genealogy thing I'm I bit worried that I will do all that adding and then really should not have done and have to undo all that work. So can someone please help? It's entirely up to you how accurate you wish to be. If you want to take your cousin's word for it and blindly accept that all his information is correct, then just enter all the data you have been given into Legacy. However, if you want to adopt a professional approach and want to be sure that any data you share with other people is accurate, you should check all his sources or do the initial research yourself if he doesn't give sources. Of course, this is going to take a long time and it will inevitably cost you money. But genealogy is like all hobbies - it *does* cost you something to enjoy yourself! In the meantime, there is no reason why you shouldn't enter all your cousin's data into Legacy and either leave the Sources blank or put your cousin's details in as the Source. Gradually over time you can add to or replace the Sources with the results of your own research. As a general rule, be wary of accepting anyone word as gospel truth. And don't believe that something must be true - a person's birthdate, for example - because the same information appears on numerous websites. People are always sharing data (and a few help themselves without permission) and repeating what they were told and by no means everyone is careful about doing their own research. -- Jenny M Benson Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Kim, I'm in the process of working on something exactly the same, a relative of my mother-in-law has a handwritten tree, with next to no sources written on it, basically just names and dates but a few hundred people listed. What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. Hope this helps, and good luck, Dermot. On 17/06/07, Kim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello to All, OK here I go I hope I dont sound stupid...The question is this my 1st Cousin has been doing our Jones/Martin side of the family for many, many years which I just found out. He was very kind in sending me the hand written tree. He, from what I can gather has not used any sort of program except maybe Excel, but dont quote me. I never ever knew there were so many of us, but in saying that what do I do now? Do I enter them all as is written or do I research each and every one individually/family. He has only sent me some facts like date of birth, marrige date, date of death if they had children or not, basic facts with a few pictures 5 in all but 370 people all up.and all of them are apparantly related to me. Do I need marrage certificates and death and so on to put them in Legacy? or can I just add the whole lot as is? Because I'm very new to Legacy and the whole genealogy thing I'm I bit worried that I will do all that adding and then really should not have done and have to undo all that work. So can someone please help? Thanks Kim Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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I agree with all that Dermot says. I do the same thing, too. And then when I find the information for myself, I deleted the source as the person that gave me the information and enter the source where I found the information; i.e., census records, Social Security Death Index, Family History Center microfilms, etc. At least I have a starting point with people and dates with the information that's been given me. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Ruth, I do the same but I don't change the source for the name. I like to know where I first learned of a relative. Mary Trogg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help I agree with all that Dermot says. I do the same thing, too. And then when I find the information for myself, I deleted the source as the person that gave me the information and enter the source where I found the information; i.e., census records, Social Security Death Index, Family History Center microfilms, etc. At least I have a starting point with people and dates with the information that's been given me. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Mary - that's a good point. From now on I will leave the original source, too. Thanks for the tip. Ruth - Original Message - From: Mary Trogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:28 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Ruth, I do the same but I don't change the source for the name. I like to know where I first learned of a relative. Mary Trogg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help I agree with all that Dermot says. I do the same thing, too. And then when I find the information for myself, I deleted the source as the person that gave me the information and enter the source where I found the information; i.e., census records, Social Security Death Index, Family History Center microfilms, etc. At least I have a starting point with people and dates with the information that's been given me. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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Just adding my two pence worth. I use an unspecified event to hold the name of my original unverified source and that is never changed. As I source each event, I note the verified source information against each event. I've never had a case of two unverified sources as yet! Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Mary - that's a good point. From now on I will leave the original source, too. Thanks for the tip. Ruth - Original Message - From: Mary Trogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:28 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Ruth, I do the same but I don't change the source for the name. I like to know where I first learned of a relative. Mary Trogg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help I agree with all that Dermot says. I do the same thing, too. And then when I find the information for myself, I deleted the source as the person that gave me the information and enter the source where I found the information; i.e., census records, Social Security Death Index, Family History Center microfilms, etc. At least I have a starting point with people and dates with the information that's been given me. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help
Kim et al, You have been given some good information, but one piece is missing IMO. What I do with something like this (and source citation is the sole reason I converted from PAF to Legacy) is I record the source as being you cousin, together with the date you received the data and an image of the documentation provided if you can do that as well. Then when you cite this source include the Surety Level. In your case since you aer not sure, I'd give it a zero or a 1. Zero means you have not yet decided and a one means you have marginal evidence. To summarise (note the correct Aussie spelling!) so you have it all in one place, this is how I see it working: 1. You should enter all the data exactly as you have it unless you have better information on anyone. 2. Create a unique Master Source for this global series of information and use the same source citation for each piece of evidence as you record it. In your source document everything you can about where it came from including addresses, telephone numbers and email address. 3. Set the appropriate Surety Level in the citation. 4. You can set up the first source and citation and then copy the Source Citation to the clipboard for copying in every time you add information from this source. Legacy is excellent for both these steps. 5. Make sure you record the Source Citation against *every *piece of evidence such as name, birth information, marriage information, parent's relationships etc. 6. I would never delete this Source Citation because it is a record of where you got the original information. Even as you verify pieces of information, add new citations with new surety levels. I have been doing researching for 32 years and every source citation is valuable. You may go back and change you surety levels later. I hope that helps. Cheers, Mitch (ex Southern African, Kiwi living in Colorado) On 6/20/07, William Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just adding my two pence worth. I use an unspecified event to hold the name of my original unverified source and that is never changed. As I source each event, I note the verified source information against each event. I've never had a case of two unverified sources as yet! Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Mary - that's a good point. From now on I will leave the original source, too. Thanks for the tip. Ruth - Original Message - From: Mary Trogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:28 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help Ruth, I do the same but I don't change the source for the name. I like to know where I first learned of a relative. Mary Trogg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:15 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not sure what to do. Can U help I agree with all that Dermot says. I do the same thing, too. And then when I find the information for myself, I deleted the source as the person that gave me the information and enter the source where I found the information; i.e., census records, Social Security Death Index, Family History Center microfilms, etc. At least I have a starting point with people and dates with the information that's been given me. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I'm doing (and I'm not saying this is right for you, but it is for me) is I've decided to record these details, all with the source as this gentleman. Then, when I get a chance (that may be some time!!) I'll research each one myself, and add whatever other sources I find. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM
